Palestinement offers a variety of products from different vendors in the old city of Jerusalem. They are grouped under the name ‘vendors of the old city’ simply because we do not offer enough different products from their stores to warrant a separate category.
In general, it’s important to support them because Palestinian merchants face significant discrimination compared to other vendors: they not only pay huge taxes, are not eligible for state aid, are harassed by the police and tax authorities, but they are also discriminated against in terms of access to tourists, who typically represent their main customer base. Indeed, most tourists are ‘guided’ by Israeli tour guides who strongly discourage tourists from buying from Palestinians by falsely claiming that it would support terrorism. For all these reasons, and many others, let’s support them!